Murow municipality

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Murow
Gmina Murów Commune
Coat of arms of the Murow community
Murow Gmina Murów Municipality (Poland)
Murow Gmina Murów Commune
Murow
Gmina Murów Commune
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Opole
Powiat : Opolski
Geographic location : 50 ° 52 ′  N , 17 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  N , 17 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  E
Residents : see Gmina
Postal code : 46-030
Telephone code : (+48) 77
License plate : OPO
Economy and Transport
Next international airport : Katowice
Gmina
Gminatype: Rural community
Gmina structure: 12 districts
Surface: 159.70 km²
Residents: 5306
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 33 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 1609062
Administration (as of 2018)
Wójt : Michał Golenia
Address: ul. Dworcowa 2
46-030 Murów
Website : www.murow.pl



The municipality Murow ( Polish Gmina Murów ) is a rural municipality in the Powiat Opolski of the Opole Voivodeship in Poland . Its seat is the village of the same name with 1287 inhabitants (2017).

geography

The community is located in Upper Silesia about 25 kilometers north of the district and voivodeship capital Opole (Opole) . Its main town is on the Opole – Namysłów railway line . The locations are located in a forest area that is part of the Stobrawski Landscape Park . One of the waters is the Budkowiczanka , a stream that flows to the Stobrawa (Stober) .

history

In 1945 the area came to Poland and in 1950 it became part of the Opole Voivodeship. From 1945 to 1954 the Gmina Zagwiździe existed with its seat in Zagwiździe (Friedrichsthal) . From 1954 to 1972 there were u. a. the Gromadas Murów and Zagwiździe.

Gmina Murów has existed since 1973. From 1975 to 1998 the municipality belonged to the smaller Opole Voivodeship .

On March 31, 2009, German place names were introduced in the municipality of Murow.

politics

Community leader

The head of the municipal administration is the municipality leader . So far this has been Andrzej Puławski. The regular election in October 2018 led to the following result.

  • Michał Golenia ( German Minority Election Committee ) 41.0% of the vote
  • Ewa Hasik (Election Committee “Our Community - Our Home”) 25.2% of the vote
  • Andrzej Puławski (Election Committee “Our Municipality Murów”) 24.7% of the vote
  • Andrzej Janas ( Koalicja Obywatelska ) 9.2% of the vote

After the previous incumbent Puławski had already failed in the first ballot, Golenia was able to prevail in the runoff election against Hasik and become the new mayor.

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 15 members and is directly elected in single-person constituencies. The 2018 municipal council election led to the following result:

Community partnerships

The community has entered into a partnership with Vallendar in Rhineland-Palatinate.

structure

The rural community Murow covers an area of ​​160 km². These include twelve villages with school authorities:

The rural community includes further hamlets and settlements that are assigned to the school authorities:

Bożejów (Emilienhütte), Czarna Woda (Schwarzwasser), Kęszyce (Konschütz), Mańczok (Mainczok) and Morcinek (Morczinek), Neuwedel (Święciny) and Wojszyn (Reilswerk).

Partnerships

Web links

Commons : Murow municipality  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on July 31, 2020.
  3. ↑ Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on July 31, 2020.